Those numbers include the hitless Tuesday and left Bryant with a .364 average, 36 runs, 28 RBI and 31 walks going into Thursday night.

And Bryant’s preposterous .537 on-base percentage over 121 plate appearances owes as much to his ability to work a count as to teams pitching around him.

Hill plans to settle Bryant into third base for the rest of the season after using him in right and center fields, as well as first base. He could be the team’s best shortstop if Hill decided he needed a fill-in.

“He can play any position,” Hill said. “… That’s my favorite thing about him – besides his character – the athleticism.”

The character?

Bryant carries a 3.35 grade-point average while majoring in finance, so he’ll be able to balance his own books after becoming a top-10 draft pick in June’s amateur draft.

Hill’s son has classes with Bryant. One day he told his dad how cool Bryant is, adding Bryant is the type of guy he hopes his sister ends up with.

Ever meet someone so genuine it makes you rethink your cynicism about humans. Kris Bryant is that dude.

It may, in fact, be a part of the only knock against him.

He’s not a big enough jerk.

In the nicest possible way, he says, “I’m not that laid back. I hate it when people say, “It doesn’t seem he’s into the game.’ I get that all the time, but I am. I’m out there every day trying to get better. A lot of people say it looks like it comes easy for me … It’s one of the things I don’t like that people say about me. But I’m not going to change the person I am.”